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I wished I lived closer.

If you voted for Obama to prove you are not a racist...
what will you do now to prove you are not stupid?

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." - Norman Thomas

"They who can who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve niether liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin

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Wow, I didn't know you felt that way. I think people misunderstand the purpose of open carry in modern times, it makes the statement "I am a soverign individual and aggressing against me should not be taken lightly". I wish everyone open carried to protests so to let the politicians know that they do not own us.

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007, IMHO maybe you need to cool off. I don't know you but your name calling and 'in your face attitude' does nothing to help us. You know for a fact that people profile, directly or indirectly. Just reading your posts makes me wonder what you are like in person. I've been around for some time and I can usually spot the 'bad apple'. Don't be one. We have enough of them in D.C. We just need to pull together and be a group. Squeak

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anyone know what thenewmayor supports as far as gun control? is he going to take dodwn the guns banned signs in parks? Sounds like he's a stoner,jonsen for a legal bong hit. Kinda sounds to me like he might be riding the rainbow too.

If you voted for Obama to prove you are not a racist...
what will you do now to prove you are not stupid?

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." - Norman Thomas

"They who can who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve niether liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin

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Here's the thing about mayors now, in the best case scenario people elect a "father" for the city that tries to protect everyone or in the worst case they elect a "ruler" who attempts to control them. I thought a mayor was there to make sure the plows were on time I had no Idea they were there to protect me but since they can't really keep me safe I'll carry my gun instead.

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Seattleric007, I fully support your right to express your opinions, in writing or verbally. However, I do think that your choice of words will cause a lot of harm to the OC movement.

We, the OC forum participants, are not the only ones to read the posts, as you well know. Also, I have identified two persons who have attended our meets that are anti gun to the extreme. I welcome them for the opportunity to learrn and become educated by the calm and reasonable demeanor we have shown. One more time...the calm and reasonable demeanor we have shown

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I don't about being a founding member but personally that wouldn't be my choice to of venues so to speak to try to get a point across to the new mayor.I am with Trigger Dr.Anyone that wants to can choose to of course.But I won't be going.

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There are currently two (2) lawsuits in progressregarding the Seattle parks gun ban.

It might be prudent to consider the potential impact on those legal actions, no matter how remote that possibility seems.

As Trigger Dr. and Deros have sagely pointed out, one must carefully select the venue for public expression. This includes a willingness to NOT do something even though the urge just seems overwhelming. There is currently far too much at stake.

One can claim to speak or act only for himself, but in the public eye, you end up representing a lot of people and the image one creates can be lasting and easily turned against not just you, but everyone in a particular movement.

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Agreed ,going there to create a confrontation or just confront some of these folks is not going to change their minds except perhaps to look on us in an even more negative light.We all know they are anti gun so they will either give you the same common sense gun law rhetoric or tell you what you want you want to hear and hope you'll go away.There will more than likey be TV there.do we want to see a headline that reads "Gun nuts disrupt mayors open house" . I pesonally believe going there with tactical gear etc will absolutely have the opposite effect in this situation.

There are rallies planned this spring national and statewide that will be the forum to put across our views.

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Dave Workman wrote:

One can claim to speak or act only for himself, but in the public eye, you end up representing a lot of people and the image one creates can be lasting and easily turned against not just you, but everyone in a particular movement.

This is why I was scared to YELL OUT against the WA ceasefire fellows.

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What 'they' (anti's) don't expect:

Polite, courteous, kind, professional and well dressed individuals who carry. These things go along way to our collective image. It takes time andpatienceto win the minds of those who are uneducated about open carry. And by time I mean years! 'They' are willing to erode our rights over years, we must be willing to educate, encourage and present that image for years too.